Word: colorfulness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...race is a group of people who, for the most part, resemble one another in such things as hair, eye and skin color; stature; facial form; size and shape of head. A national population may be a confusing potpourri of many races and racial blends, and the most typical representatives of one race may be scattered among many nations. A specialist in racial anthropology must track down the basic racial features and distinguish them in their jumbled context...
Mexicana (produced by the Republic of Mexico as a sideline to its World's Fair exhibit) is a folk revue splashed with gay, gaudy color. It is occasionally delightful, often picturesque. But its endless dances and operatic scenes grow monotonous, its showmanship is not sharp enough for Broadway...
Lester Stevens' "Center of the Beach" is one of the most complete embodiments of decisive power and convincing color in the exhibit. His water, mountains, and buildings are handled in a manner which boldly but without exaggeration emphasizes the essential characteristics of each. Despite Stevens' clarity and firm solidity, his paintings seem very natural, in fact so natural that it is almost possible for you to feel your way into them. Nevertheless, he avoids the dangerous pitfall of travel-poster sensationalism which has in many cases been the Waterloo of other painters who have worked from the game point...
...Boston Society of Water Color Painters is presenting pictures by contemporary and late 19th century artists which will be exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts until May 14. This collection, containing more than 400 separate pieces, is a sparkling example of the varied and divergent possibilities of the water-color medium. There are so many high-points of artistic value, so many outstanding examples of potential greatness, that it is neither just nor adequate to compress the exhibit within the rather arbitrary bounds of a brief review. However, one aspect of the collection which is surprisingly odd, yet quite...
...walk forward or backward, with a peculiar limp (only one leg bends at the knee and both huge feet are equipped with rollers). He can salute with either hand. He can count up to ten on his fingers, bending each finger individually. By means of photoelectric cells equipped with color filters, he can tell red from green. He can talk and sing (by voice recordings played through an amplifier). He can suck smoke from a cigaret placed in his mouth, and exhale through his nostrils...